The foundation stone for Hereford County Hospital was laid in 1937 by
Queen Mary. It was built adjacent to the site of the Public Assistance Institute. By 1946 the County Hospital provided 142 beds of which 25 were maternity beds. A new hospital was procured in 1999 under a
Private Finance Initiative contract to replace the old Hereford County Hospital, the
Hereford General Hospital and the
Victoria Eye Hospital. and built by
Alfred McAlpine at a cost of £62 million, opened in 2002. At the time concerns were expressed that the new hospital was too small to replace the facilities which were being lost. Consequently an additional ward, the Gilwern Assessment Unit, opened on the site in December 2015 providing an acute geriatric assessment unit. This was followed by a 24 bed medical assessment unit in November 2018. ==Facilities==